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About the Author

Catherine Hill, Ph.D.

Catherine Hill is former vice president for research at AAUW and is an author of many publications, including Barriers and Bias: The Status of Women in Leadership, Solving the Equation: Women in Engineering and Computing, and Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Catherine’s work has been cited in many media outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, and Time magazine. Previously, Catherine was a study director at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and an assistant professor at the University of Virginia. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Cornell University and a doctorate in policy development from Rutgers University.

Work by Catherine Hill, Ph.D.

Graduating to a Pay Gap: The Earnings of Women and Men One Year after College Graduation explores the earnings difference between female and male college graduates who are working full time one year after graduation. Read more »

This report summarizes the methodology used in the survey of teenagers in grades 7 – 12 conducted by Knowledge Networks, used in AAUW’s report Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School. Read more »

Get involved in spreading awareness about sexual harassment by sharing our abbreviated PowerPoint for administrators. This presentation discusses some of the findings from Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, our 2011 report with the most comprehensive research to date on sexual harassment in grades 7–12. Read more »

This presentation discusses the findings from Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, AAUW’s 2011 report with the most comprehensive research to date on sexual harassment in grades 7–12. Read more »

Get involved in spreading awareness about sexual harassment by sharing our abbreviated PowerPoint for educators. This presentation discusses some of the findings from Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, our 2011 report with the most comprehensive research to date on sexual harassment in grades 7–12. Read more »

Get involved in spreading awareness about sexual harassment by sharing our abbreviated PowerPoint for parents. This presentation discusses some of the findings from Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, our 2011 report with the most comprehensive research to date on sexual harassment in grades 7–12. Read more »

This abbreviated presentation discusses some of the findings from Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School, AAUW’s 2011 report with the most comprehensive research to date on sexual harassment in grades 7–12. Read more »

Based on a survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,965 students conducted in May and June 2011, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School presents the most comprehensive research to date on sexual harassment in grades 7–12. The report reveals some sobering statistics about the prevalence of sexual harassment and the negative impact it has on students’ education. Read more »